THIS IS NOT A GAARA FIC. REPEAT TO THOSE WHO READ WHAT I WRITE CONSTANTLY, THIS IS NOT A GAARA FIC.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO. I ONLY OWN THE PLOT, MORI MASAMI AND AOIRO.


Prelude

The birds were chirping. The sun was just beginning to rise. The village of Konoha slept. Well, mostly slept. There was one, a young man, who was already awake, or was it still? Regardless, this young man was training, as he had always done. He was very determined. Determined to shed his coat that labeled him a failure. Determined to beat the so called geniuses of high up well known shinobi clans. Determined to be noticed. A little ways off, a young woman watched him, silently encouraging him, silently hoping for the best. The young woman was beautiful, but masked because of it, and she admired the young man's determination, just as she admired his teachers exuberant personality.

"Sam, come. You've been watching him all night," a low, masculine voice whispered in her head. She nodded, turning. Her name was Mori Masami of the highly esteemed Mori clan. Masami was considered a genius with her Kekkai Genkai which enabled her to have intense hearing, and the ability to master and control plants. A small blue winged lizard sat on her shoulder. Well, not lizard. The creature was a dragon named Aoiro. Similar to the Inuzuka clan who had dogs help them fight, the Mori clan had dragons. What dragons had to do with the mastery of plants, no one knew, not even most of the Mori clan. The dragons all mastered fire and wind, and the Mori shinobi who could use the Kekkai Genkai all mastered water and earth, leaving only one of the five elements, lightening. This particular dragon was special. He was blue, and was named accordingly. Most of the dragons were bronze, or silver, or even gold. The blue dragons master the fifth element as well. Because Aoiro had chosen the young prodigy, she was considered the most feared of the Mori clan. She hated it. She was a gentle girl, with a loud personality. Her younger brother had been chosen by another oddly colored dragon, a green dragon, doubling his ability with earth. He needed it. Masami always encouraged him. It was what she did. She enjoyed encouraging others to do better. The woman glanced over her shoulder one last time to see the young man collapse from exhaustion.

"Lee!"